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17 December 2024
Discovery opens door for new cancer drugs
Associate Professor Mark Chong is leading a project – supported by a $50,000 Tour de Cure grant – to develop a new class of drugs to inhibit certain microRNAs within the immune system as a novel immunotherapy to treat cancer.
11 December 2024
SVI welcomes new Foundation Chair
Jeremy was educated at Xavier College and the University of Melbourne. He enjoyed a diverse legal practice, specialising in property related matters, particularly town planning. He was a member of The Bar’s Ethics Committee for five years and Chairman of the committee that managed Foley’s List, Barristers, and a director, for nine years.
9 December 2024
New funding in support of type 1 diabetes research
Head of SVI’s Human Immunology Lab Associate Professor Stuart Mannering has received $150k grant from JDRF for the commercialisation of his research under their new program called SPARC.
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